Guides, Tutorials & Insights
Learn about residential proxies, web scraping, data collection strategies, and industry best practices from the Shifter team.
Using ISP Proxies in Cloud-Based Web Scraping Infrastructure
Your scrapers run in the cloud, and the cloud is the first thing sites block. How to put a fixed ISP egress layer in front of ephemeral workers.
Chris Collins · September 4, 2026 How ISP Proxies Improve Search Engine Data Collection Accuracy
Accuracy in search data is mostly about holding the vantage point still. Where static ISP IPs help, where they hurt, and how to split a collection layer.
Matt Brown · September 4, 2026 How to Set Up Residential Proxies in Node.js with Axios, Fetch and Got
The agent wiring is ten lines. Setting up a Node project so proxies stay configurable, verifiable and cheap is the part that takes longer. A setup guide.
James Meadow · September 4, 2026 Residential Proxies for Job-Board Data and Labour-Market Intelligence
Labour-market data is a time series, and coverage gaps look exactly like trends. How to run a stable job-board panel with residential proxies and verify it.
Matt Brown · September 4, 2026 How to Use Residential Proxies for Walmart Price and Inventory Monitoring
Walmart prices and stock are store-scoped, so national collection reports the wrong numbers. How to pin a session to a store and monitor price and inventory.
Chris Collins · September 4, 2026 Why AI Agents Need Real-Time SERP APIs to Access Search Data
A model's knowledge has an edge. An agent that cannot see past it will answer confidently anyway, which is the failure mode search access is meant to prevent.
Matt Brown · September 3, 2026 Geo-Targeted SERP APIs: The Secret Behind Accurate Local SEO Tracking
Local results change street by street, and most tracking gets them wrong the same way. Here is what geo-targeting granularity means and how to verify it.
Chris Collins · September 3, 2026 How SEO Platforms Use SERP APIs for Rank Tracking and Keyword Monitoring
If your product runs on search data, collection is a cost centre rather than a moat. Here is what SEO platforms buy, what they build, and where economics bite.
James Meadow · September 3, 2026